Surgical instrument consisting of flattened steel

Made:: 1870-1920

Surgical instrument consisting of flattened steel (?) spike
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Surgical instrument consisting of flattened steel (?) spike with wooden handle, used for trephining, Algerian, 1870-1920

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Category:: Ethnography and Folk Medicine

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A652533

Materials:: steel and wood

Measurements:: length 159 mm
blade: length 85 mm
approx. handle: diameter 24 mm

type:: trephines

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Surgical instrument consisting of flattened steel

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